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Space whisperers: the Aussies guiding Cassini's suicide mission to Saturnhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/14/space-whisperers-the-aussies-guiding-cassinis-suicide-mission-to-saturn
<p>The grand finale of Nasa’s epic 20-year mission to the ringed planet will be overseen from a deep space centre near Canberra. A photo essay by Jonny Weeks</p><p>On 15 September 2017 at about 10pm AEST, Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft will plunge deep into the hostile atmosphere of Saturn on a historic but suicidal course. It’s the grand finale of a <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html">20-year mission which has revolutionised our understanding of the solar system</a> and sent home more than a quarter of a million stunning images of Saturn and its moons. </p><p>Cassini’s instruments will be running to the last, capturing every possible byte of data from its closest encounter with the ringed planet before it ultimately evaporates.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2017/aug/14/spectacular-saturn-cassinis-epic-pictures-using-a-one-megapixel-camera">Spectacular Saturn: Cassini's epic pictures using a one megapixel camera</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/14/space-whisperers-the-aussies-guiding-cassinis-suicide-mission-to-saturn">Continue reading...</a>SpaceAustralia newsScienceSaturnAstronomyAustralian Capital Territory (ACT)NasaSun, 13 Aug 2017 18:00:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/14/space-whisperers-the-aussies-guiding-cassinis-suicide-mission-to-saturnPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianJonny Weeks2017-08-13T18:00:20ZSpectacular Saturn: Cassini's epic pictures using a one megapixel camerahttps://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2017/aug/14/spectacular-saturn-cassinis-epic-pictures-using-a-one-megapixel-camera
<p>During its 20-year mission to Saturn, Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft has captured some breathtaking images of the ringed planet and its moons, revealing many unexpected secrets. Here are some of the best</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/14/space-whisperers-the-aussies-guiding-cassinis-suicide-mission-to-saturn">Read our photo essay – Space whisperers: the Aussies guiding Cassini’s suicide mission to Saturn</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2017/aug/14/spectacular-saturn-cassinis-epic-pictures-using-a-one-megapixel-camera">Continue reading...</a>SaturnSpaceNasaScienceSun, 13 Aug 2017 18:00:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2017/aug/14/spectacular-saturn-cassinis-epic-pictures-using-a-one-megapixel-cameraPhotograph: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstitutePhotograph: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteJonny Weeks2017-08-13T18:00:20ZPacking up: homeless leave Sydney's 'tent city' – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2017/aug/11/packing-up-homeless-leave-sydneys-tent-city-in-pictures
<p>Residents of the informal camp packed up their belongings and moved away after six months on the streets of Martin Place in Sydney’s CBD. The peaceful exit came after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/08/gladys-berejiklian-seeks-new-powers-to-clear-out-martin-place-tent-city">weeks of wrangling between the city council and the state government</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2017/aug/11/packing-up-homeless-leave-sydneys-tent-city-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>HomelessnessHousingCommunitiesPovertySocietySocial exclusionPoliticsAustralia newsSydneyFri, 11 Aug 2017 08:14:34 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2017/aug/11/packing-up-homeless-leave-sydneys-tent-city-in-picturesPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianJonny Weeks2017-08-11T08:14:34Z'Keeping Grandpa alive': the internet's photographic treasure hunthttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/26/keeping-grandpa-alive-the-internets-photographic-treasure-hunt
<p>After finding his grandfather’s old travel photos, Australian David Tomkins used the public’s help to track down exactly where they were shot. Now his attempt to retrace Grandpa’s steps is nearing its conclusion <br>• Tap or click on the photos to see then and now</p><p>From the moment he discovered a box of intriguing colour photographs tucked away in his grandfather’s cupboard, David Tomkins felt compelled to learn more about his relative’s life and travels. Where exactly had he been? And what were his adventures like? </p><p>They were questions to which he thought he might never know the answers – his grandfather, Stephen Clarke, having been unable to recall them before his death in 2013. </p><p>I had no idea that Grandpa had travelled or that he was into photography</p><p>When I talk to people about this project we very quickly get to their story and their grandpa or grandma’s story</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/26/keeping-grandpa-alive-the-internets-photographic-treasure-hunt">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyCultureTravelAustralia newsArt and designWed, 26 Jul 2017 03:36:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/26/keeping-grandpa-alive-the-internets-photographic-treasure-huntPhotograph: Stephen ClarkePhotograph: Stephen ClarkeJonny Weeks2017-07-26T03:36:20ZState of Origin 2017: Queensland clinch the series – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2017/jul/12/state-of-origin-2017-queensland-clinch-the-series-in-pictures
<p>The best pictures from Brisbane, where Queensland defeated the New South Wales Blues 22-6 in the decisive game of the series and Johnathan Thurston bade farewell to the home fans<br><br>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/12/state-of-origin-2017-game-3-maroons-clinch-series-after-valentine-hat-trick">Maroons clinch series after Valentine Holmes hat-trick</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2017/jul/12/state-of-origin-2017-queensland-clinch-the-series-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>State of OriginAustralia newsRugby leagueSportAustralia sportWed, 12 Jul 2017 12:50:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2017/jul/12/state-of-origin-2017-queensland-clinch-the-series-in-picturesPhotograph: Dave Hunt/AAPPhotograph: Dave Hunt/AAPJonny Weeks2017-07-12T12:50:19Z'I feel on the verge of extinction': the battle for Sydney's Waterloohttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/12/i-feel-on-the-verge-of-extinction-the-battle-for-sydneys-waterloo
<p>A 1970s public housing estate in Sydney’s inner city is to be redeveloped, causing its residents great stress. Here, they share with us their personal stories, their concerns and their hopes for the future</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/01/sydney-last-stand-gentrification-public-housing-sirius">• Sydney’s last stand: the residents holding out against gentrification</a></p><p>Words and photographs by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonny-weeks">Jonny Weeks</a></p><p>The afternoon sunlight bleeds through the Waterloo public housing estate, casting beautiful patterns across every facade. Overhead, pigeons and lorikeets fly through the sky, settling every now and then in the grand Moreton Bay and Port Jackson fig trees that line the parks. From a distance the songs of an outdoor religious service can be heard. Meanwhile an elderly woman using a walking frame trundles slowly by. There’s tranquility in this neighbourhood, for now at least.<br></p><p>Within days the drilling begins: a new metro station is to be dug here as part of wholesale redevelopment plans for this precious, inner-city slab of Sydney. Never mind that few of the current local residents want or need the station – no doubt the new residents of Waterloo will.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/12/i-feel-on-the-verge-of-extinction-the-battle-for-sydneys-waterloo">Continue reading...</a>SydneyNew South WalesNew South Wales politicsAustralia newsHousingCommunitiesCitiesTue, 11 Jul 2017 23:40:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/12/i-feel-on-the-verge-of-extinction-the-battle-for-sydneys-waterlooPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianJonny Weeks2017-07-11T23:40:04Z'We're sort of her mum': behind the scenes at Taronga zoo | photo-essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/19/behind-the-scenes-at-taronga-zoo-a-photo-essay
<p>We join the keepers at Sydney’s Taronga zoo as they nurture and train their newest arrivals, including Maiya the red panda and Kamini the pygmy hippo. A photo-essay by Jonny Weeks</p><p>Lily and Blossom are about to be toilet trained at Taronga zoo. The two young sugar gliders are curled up together inside a wooden box within a staff bathroom while trainer Suzie Lemon is trying to coax them out with the promise of a sugary, sap-like treat. Lily eventually emerges and promptly pees all over the floor but Lemon doesn’t seem to mind. After all, they’re not here for that kind of toilet training.</p><p>“We’re training them to glide over to us on cue to demonstrate their natural gliding behaviour,” Lemon explains. “We needed an enclosed space, somewhere with four solid walls, because in future they’re going to be doing this for education purposes in the new learning centre.</p><p>If people see Lexie and learn about overfishing then she becomes an ambassador for her species out in the wild</p><p>After 27 years at Taronga, Paul Hare says his favourite animal at Taronga is an ageing, scruffy-looking goat</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/19/behind-the-scenes-at-taronga-zoo-a-photo-essay">Continue reading...</a>AnimalsZoologyBiologyScienceSydneyAustralia newsNew South WalesSun, 18 Jun 2017 19:00:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/19/behind-the-scenes-at-taronga-zoo-a-photo-essayPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianJonny Weeks2017-06-18T19:00:15ZGreat Australian photographs: Mervyn Bishop's symbolic shot – an audio essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/05/great-australian-photographs-mervyn-bishops-symbolic-shot-an-audio-essay
<p>In the last instalment in our audio visual series on celebrated Australian photographs, Jonny Weeks talks to Mervyn Bishop about his iconic image of Gough Whitlam pouring earth into the hand of Indigenous elder Vincent Lingiari in 1975</p><p><em>Click on the audio buttons to hear the conversation between </em><em>Guardian Australia picture editor </em><em>Jonny Weeks and</em><em> the photographer Mervyn Bishop, </em><em><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/mervyn-bishop/">whose work will be on display in a free exhibition at Art Gallery NSW in Sydney from 24 June to 8 October.</a></em></p><p>We originally took the picture under the shade of a bough shed and it didn't have a nice look about it</p><p>I borrowed Mum's camera to take photos of aeroplanes. She said: 'Don't do it anymore because you'll waste the film!'</p><p>I don't think there were even Indigenous journos in those days. As my friend said: 'You were the lone ranger'</p><p>People say it's about the stolen generations, but it's got nothing to do with that – not a bloody thing</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/05/great-australian-photographs-mervyn-bishops-symbolic-shot-an-audio-essay">Continue reading...</a>Australia newsPhotographyIndigenous AustraliansArt and designMon, 05 Jun 2017 05:17:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/05/great-australian-photographs-mervyn-bishops-symbolic-shot-an-audio-essayPhotograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSWPhotograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSWJonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni2017-06-05T05:17:00ZGreat Australian photographs: Frank Hurley's The Raid – an audio essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/29/great-australian-photographs-frank-hurleys-the-raid-an-audio-essay
<p>The sixth instalment in our audio-visual series on celebrated Australian photographs. This week we look at the works of Frank Hurley, best known for his pictures of the first world war and of Antarctica </p><p><em>Click on the audio buttons to hear the conversations between the Guardian Australia picture editor, Jonny Weeks, the Guardian Australia photographer, Mike Bowers, the senior curator of photography at the <a href="https://nga.gov.au/">National Gallery of Australia</a>, Shaune Lakin, and the curator at the <a href="http://www.ccp.org.au/">Centre for Contemporary Photography</a>, Pippa Milne.</em></p><p>Charles Bean despised these photographs because they seemed to corrupt the integrity of the historical record</p><p>We all know that photography is an incredibly uncertain, representational practice</p><p>A lot of them are overexposed or underexposed. A lot of them go in and out of focus. But I think that adds to it.</p><p>Quilty is usually more interested in those who survive and are going through the turmoil</p><p>In many ways the Shackleton expedition and the sinking of the Endurance really brought the best out of Hurley</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/29/great-australian-photographs-frank-hurleys-the-raid-an-audio-essay">Continue reading...</a>War reportingFirst world warAustralia newsArt and designCultureSun, 28 May 2017 23:01:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/29/great-australian-photographs-frank-hurleys-the-raid-an-audio-essayComposite: Frank HurleyComposite: Frank HurleyJonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni2017-05-28T23:01:02ZGreat Australian photographs: Trent Parke – an audio essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/22/great-australian-photographs-trent-parke-an-audio-essay
<p>In the latest chapter in our audiovisual series on celebrated Australian photographs, we look at the images of Magnum member Trent Parke</p><p><em>Click on the audio buttons to hear conversations between the Guardian Australia picture editor, Jonny Weeks, the Guardian Australia photographer, Mike Bowers, the senior curator of photography at the <a href="https://nga.gov.au/">National Gallery of Australia</a>, Shaune Lakin, and the curator at the <a href="http://www.ccp.org.au/">Centre for Contemporary Photography</a>, Pippa Milne.</em></p><p>He's like farmer who is watching his field: he waits until the right moment, then he harvests the light</p><p>There's trauma sitting behind these photographs and that's from witnessing his mother pass away in a really terrible way</p><p>He's mastering the light and using shadows to block out the visual detritus</p><p>Trent Parke is part of a great tradition of pictorialist photography in this country, in the same way as Harold Cazneaux</p><p>Minutes to Midnight is a masterpiece from go to whoa – it's a seamless photographic experience of Australia</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/22/great-australian-photographs-trent-parke-an-audio-essay">Continue reading...</a>CulturePhotographyAustralia newsArt and designSun, 21 May 2017 21:19:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/22/great-australian-photographs-trent-parke-an-audio-essayComposite: TRENT PARKEComposite: TRENT PARKEJonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni2017-05-21T21:19:26Z'Don't slip, don't trip!': inside Australian fashion weekhttps://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/may/19/dont-slip-dont-trip-inside-australian-fashion-week
<p>Guardian Australia goes behind the scenes with the models, designers and hangers-on at Sydney’s parade </p><p>“It’s like a hurricane: one minute it’s calm and then it’s chaos,” says Kate Reynolds from Melbourne design-duo Pageant moments before the start of their debut show at Australian fashion week. </p><p>Behind her, 20 or so models are frantically changing into their outfits, half a dozen backstage photographers are herded together and repeatedly told “do not cross the yellow tape” by an irate producer, and a doorman blocks a young woman from hurriedly entering the scene.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/17/i-perfected-my-look-in-parliament-then-took-it-to-the-catwalk-for-fashion-week">I perfected my look in parliament, then took it to the catwalk for fashion week | Anne Aly</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/may/19/dont-slip-dont-trip-inside-australian-fashion-week">Continue reading...</a>Australian fashion weekFashionLife and styleSydneyAustralia newsFri, 19 May 2017 03:09:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/may/19/dont-slip-dont-trip-inside-australian-fashion-weekPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianJonny Weeks2017-05-19T03:09:31ZGreat Australian photographs: Something More by Tracey Moffatt – an audio essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/15/great-australian-photographs-something-more-by-tracey-moffatt-an-audio-essay
<p>The fourth instalment in our audio-visual series on celebrated Australian photographs. This week we look at the cinematic works of Tracey Moffatt</p><p><em>Click on the audio buttons to hear the conversations between the Guardian Australia picture editor, Jonny Weeks, the Guardian Australia photographer, Mike Bowers, the senior curator of photography at the <a href="https://nga.gov.au/">National Gallery of Australia</a>, Shaune Lakin, and the curator at the <a href="http://www.ccp.org.au/">Centre for Contemporary Photography</a>, Pippa Milne.</em></p><p>Her work nods towards B-grade cinema, cutaways, close-ups and dream sequences</p><p>I've had a conversion to Tracey's work later in life, I'm pleased to say</p><p>Alongside Bill Henson, she's the great contemporary Australian artist</p><p>She's always interacting with that quagmire of what it means to be Aboriginal growing up in a white suburban situation</p><p>There's actually a lot of humour and a lot of witty engagement with what it means to be Aboriginal</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/15/great-australian-photographs-something-more-by-tracey-moffatt-an-audio-essay">Continue reading...</a>Australia newsPhotographyCultureSun, 14 May 2017 20:19:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/15/great-australian-photographs-something-more-by-tracey-moffatt-an-audio-essayComposite: TRACEY MOFFATTComposite: TRACEY MOFFATTJonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni2017-05-14T20:19:12ZBare naked photos: highlights from Sydney's Head On festivalhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/08/bare-naked-photos-highlights-from-sydneys-head-on-festival
<p>Picture editor Jonny Weeks surveys the best of this year’s show, which features the works of more than 600 photographers, including Elise Derwin’s colourful essay from an Australian nudist retreat</p><p>It seems like an awkward conundrum for a photographer: how do you best photograph a group of senior holiday-makers when your subjects are all butt-naked? For Elise Derwin the answer was a actually quite simple: “Go there and nude up!”</p><p>“They said from the beginning you don’t have to take your clothes off,” she explains, “but as a photographer I really like to make connections with people and I just think if I didn’t take my clothes off and become a nudist like them, how could I make a proper connection with these people?”</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/08/great-australian-photographs-migrants-by-david-moore-an-audio-essay">Great Australian photographs: Migrants by David Moore – an audio essay</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jul/11/i-got-naked-for-spencer-tunick-sea-of-hull-photographer">The day I got naked for Spencer Tunick</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/08/bare-naked-photos-highlights-from-sydneys-head-on-festival">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyCultureAustralia newsNorthern TerritorySydneyArt and designFestivalsMon, 08 May 2017 02:00:56 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/08/bare-naked-photos-highlights-from-sydneys-head-on-festivalPhotograph: Elise Derwin/Head On photo festivalPhotograph: Elise Derwin/Head On photo festivalJonny Weeks2017-05-08T02:00:56ZGreat Australian photographs: Migrants by David Moore – an audio essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/08/great-australian-photographs-migrants-by-david-moore-an-audio-essay
<p>In the latest chapter in our audiovisual series on celebrated Australian photographs, we look at the famous photograph by David Moore documenting the arrival of migrants at Sydney’s Circular Quay</p><p><em>Click on the audio buttons to hear conversations between Guardian Australia picture editor Jonny Weeks, Guardian Australia photographer Mike Bowers, senior curator of photography at the <a href="https://nga.gov.au/">National Gallery of Australia</a> Shaune Lakin, and the curator at the <a href="http://www.ccp.org.au/">Centre for Contemporary Photography</a>, Pippa Milne.</em></p><p>It was a time when Australia reached out to the rest of the world to populate or perish</p><p>A black and white print taken from a colour negative is never really a great black and white print</p><p>I feel that this photograph is imbued with so much compassion – it's one of the great things about David Moore</p><p>It came to represent that era of our subservience to America</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/08/great-australian-photographs-migrants-by-david-moore-an-audio-essay">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyCultureAustralia newsArt and designSun, 07 May 2017 21:05:46 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/08/great-australian-photographs-migrants-by-david-moore-an-audio-essayComposite: DAVID MOOREComposite: DAVID MOOREJonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni2017-05-07T21:05:46ZGreat Australian photographs: The Kiss by Rennie Ellis – an audio essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/01/great-australian-photographs-rennie-ellis-an-audio-essay
<p>In the second part in our audiovisual series on celebrated Australian photographs, we look at the work of Rennie Ellis, including such eye-opening shots as the The Kiss</p><p><em>Click on the audio buttons to hear the conversations between the Guardian Australia picture editor, Jonny Weeks, the Guardian Australia photographer, Mike Bowers, the senior curator of photography at the <a href="https://nga.gov.au/">National Gallery of Australia</a>, Shaune Lakin, and the curator at the <a href="http://www.ccp.org.au/">Centre for Contemporary Photography</a>, Pippa Milne.</em></p><p><strong><em><br></em></strong></p><p>Rennie was able to take intimate photographs of otherness ... but his pictures worked at a level of popular appeal</p><p>Rennie seems like an observer, a voyeur ... he moved in and out of these things and didn't have his own agenda</p><p>It conjures so many memories for me of a time when I was just starting to discover the joys of being inside a pub</p><p>Photography now has to be thought of as a participatory contract</p><p>The legacy was profound in terms of creating audiences for and opportunities for photographic artists in this country</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/01/great-australian-photographs-rennie-ellis-an-audio-essay">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyAustralia newsArt and designCultureSun, 30 Apr 2017 20:15:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/01/great-australian-photographs-rennie-ellis-an-audio-essayComposite: RENNIE ELLISComposite: RENNIE ELLISJonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni2017-04-30T20:15:39ZGreat Australian photographs: Max Dupain's Sunbaker – an audio essayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/24/great-australian-photographs-max-dupains-sunbaker-an-audio-essay
<p>In the first in a new audio-visual series on celebrated Australian photographs, we look at the hidden history of this famous 1930s image shot on a New South Wales beach </p><p><em>Click on the audio buttons to hear the conversations between the Guardian Australia picture editor, Jonny Weeks, the Guardian Australia photographer, Mike Bowers, the senior curator of photography at the <a href="https://nga.gov.au/">National Gallery of Australia</a>, Shaune Lakin, and the curator at the <a href="http://www.ccp.org.au/">Centre for Contemporary Photography</a>, Pippa Milne.</em></p><p><em><br></em></p><p>It’s possible the iconic version has become iconic by accident</p><p>What I love about that photograph is you can see his crow's feet. He's a bit sun-ravaged</p><p>We've been able to draw a line under the question for trainspotters</p><p>The war obviously changed him a great deal because Meat Queue is a far cry from Sunbaker</p><p>The way we think of Olive Cotton has been too heavily influenced by the fact that she was briefly married to Max Dupain</p><p>I think contemporary photographers have stopped unpicking the icons ... but it's circulating in a lot of different pools</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/24/great-australian-photographs-max-dupains-sunbaker-an-audio-essay">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArtArt and designCultureAustralia newsSun, 23 Apr 2017 21:34:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/24/great-australian-photographs-max-dupains-sunbaker-an-audio-essayComposite: MAX DUPAINComposite: MAX DUPAINJonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni2017-04-23T21:34:31ZThe storm chasers hunting bolts in Australia's Top Endhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/27/the-storm-chasers-hunting-bolts-in-australias-top-end
<p>Our photographer <strong>Jonny Weeks</strong> hits the road with seasoned storm chasers in the Northern Territory to track down some of the region’s famous lightning storms</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2017/mar/27/awe-inspiring-lightning-storms-in-pictures">• Dramatic storm photos by Darwin’s resident chasers</a></p><p>I’m standing on a dirt track somewhere in the wilds of Australia’s Northern Territory and in every direction I look the indigo sky is being shredded by bolts of electrical energy. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. I’ve been hunting a lightning show and boy have I found one. </p><p>Suddenly I’m very conscious of nature’s imposing scale and, more importantly right now, my proximity to a bared-wire fence – the kind of object that’s likely to attract a strike. “We should probably get in the car,” says Mike O’Neill, the veteran Darwin storm chaser who has led me here. Reluctantly, I agree.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/feb/14/northern-territory-holiday-guide-the-heart-of-australia">Northern Territory holiday guide: the heart of Australia</a> </p><p>It’s good to be standing out there, but right now, nah. I value my life more than a photo</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2017/mar/27/awe-inspiring-lightning-storms-in-pictures">Awe-inspiring lightning storms – in pictures</a> </p><p>I just love weather. I love seeing its raw and powerful beauty</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/27/the-storm-chasers-hunting-bolts-in-australias-top-end">Continue reading...</a>Northern TerritoryAustralia newsAustraliaDarwinEnvironmentMeteorologyScienceAustralasiaAustralia weatherMon, 27 Mar 2017 00:12:13 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/27/the-storm-chasers-hunting-bolts-in-australias-top-endPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianPhotograph: Jonny Weeks for the GuardianJonny Weeks2017-03-27T00:12:13ZAwe-inspiring lightning storms – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2017/mar/27/awe-inspiring-lightning-storms-in-pictures
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/27/the-storm-chasers-hunting-bolts-in-australias-top-end">Veteran storm chasers</a> based in Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory, share their best images of wild weather </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/27/the-storm-chasers-hunting-bolts-in-australias-top-end">• Our photographer Jonny Weeks goes on the road with the storm chasers</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2017/mar/27/awe-inspiring-lightning-storms-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>Northern TerritoryDarwinAustraliaAustralasiaAustralia newsDarwinAustralia weatherMon, 27 Mar 2017 00:11:43 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2017/mar/27/awe-inspiring-lightning-storms-in-picturesPhotograph: Jacci InghamPhotograph: Jacci InghamCompiled by Jonny Weeks2017-03-27T00:11:43ZRazor gangs: eerie mugshots paint picture of Sydney's criminal pasthttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/17/razor-gangs-eerie-mugshots-paint-picture-of-sydneys-criminal-past
<p>Images enhanced by Matt Loughrey add colour and intrigue to Australian police photographs from the 1920s and 30s </p><p>Almost a century since the razor gangs terrorised the streets of Sydney, slashing and disfiguring their victims with razor blades, historic police photographs of the suspected criminals of that era have been transformed by Matt Loughrey.</p><p>The colourised photographs showcase the likes of Matilda “Tilly” Devine, the brothel madam and gangland leader known as the Queen of Woolloomooloo, who once used a razor to carve open a man’s face in a barber’s shop. Her rivalry with Kate Leigh, the so-called Queen of Surry Hills, gripped the heart of Sydney in the 1920s and early 30s and led to several deaths.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/17/razor-gangs-eerie-mugshots-paint-picture-of-sydneys-criminal-past">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyCrime - AustraliaSydneyArt and designAustralia newsNew South WalesFri, 17 Mar 2017 03:12:41 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/17/razor-gangs-eerie-mugshots-paint-picture-of-sydneys-criminal-pastPhotograph: Matt Loughrey/Sydney Living MuseumPhotograph: Matt Loughrey/Sydney Living MuseumJonny Weeks2017-03-17T03:12:41ZTasmania's coastline glows in the dark as plankton turn bluehttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/15/australian-coastline-glows-in-the-dark-in-sinister-sign-of-climate-change
<p>Eerie scenes on north-west coast show bioluminescent waters caused by ‘sea sparkle’ </p><p>The waters along Tasmania’s north-west coastline have taken on a bizarre, glowing appearance in recent days. Photographs taken off Preservation Bay and Rocky Cape showcase bioluminescent waters caused by <em tabindex="-1">Noctiluca scintillans</em> (AKA sea sparkle), tiny plankton emitting blue light in self-defence. </p><p>The phenomenon, which is best seen in calm, warm seas, is foreboding. “The displays are a sign of climate change,” Anthony Richardson, from the CSIRO, <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27565-these-sparkly-sea-organisms-are-an-eerie-omen-of-climate-change.html#.VV6RJfmqpBc">told New Scientist</a> after an occurrence in Tasmania in 2015.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/15/australian-coastline-glows-in-the-dark-in-sinister-sign-of-climate-change">Continue reading...</a>Marine lifeTasmaniaAustralia newsEnvironmentCoastlinesOceansClimate changeClimate changeWildlifeWed, 15 Mar 2017 05:28:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/15/australian-coastline-glows-in-the-dark-in-sinister-sign-of-climate-changePhotograph: Brett ChatwinPhotograph: Brett ChatwinJonny Weeks2017-03-15T05:28:26Z